Publisher's Synopsis
This text provides comprehensive descriptions of the clinical features of childhood diseases, therapeutic approaches, and the biological principles underlying their aetiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Features of this revised edition include chapters on such topics as ethics in paediatric medicine, public health supervision, nutrition, and poisoning and other accidents. Sections on adolescent medicine, neonatology, psychological, developmental, and behavioural paediatrics, the kidney, the nervous system, the skin and genetics, have been expanded.
